Fast SV650

[No Worries]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

Nice.
Side note: I hate it when bicyclist are out.

As you can see, I like taking up the whole lane. So I hate being confined to just one tire track. But this video was going uphill. Going downhill, it's rare to pass some of the faster bicyclists.

Originally Posted by Particle Man

Looks like he is throttling out of the corners faster - that is where he appears to gain his lead quite a few times.

I learned to ride mountains on a three-cylinder two-stroke. No not a Kawi, but a Suzuki. There's no engine braking. I rode my old GS1000 in this video. I use my rear brake around the tight corners and keep the throttle open. There's no pitching, just even transition. After some corners I go Wide Full Open. That's when the camera shakes. The SV rider was just very good.

Originally Posted by Trip

You can hold a lot of corner speed with a SV, plus their on/off switch throttles let em get out of the corners quick too.

I slowed down a lot more for the corners than he did. But I did everything right. I leaned off the bike just before the curve, looked around the corner, didn't fixate on the bicyclists (I didn't realize how many there were until I watched the video), and I didn't fixate on the SV rider. He was just a lot better than me. I don't know if it shows, But I rode my tail off to keep up with him.